Clothes-pin.



5 by the numeral 6.

EDGAR B. EVERETT, OF HUGHES SPRINGS, TEXAS,

CLOTHES-PIN.

No 917,278. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed November 9, 1908. Serial No. 461,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR B. EVERETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hughes Springs, in the county of Cass and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Clothes-Pin, of which the following is aspecification.

Two objects of the invention are, the provision in a merchantable form,of a device of the above mentioned class, which shall be inexpensive tomanufacture, simple in operation and devoid of complicated parts.

Nith these and other objects in view as will hereinafter more fullyappear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts hereinafter described-, delineated in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it beingunderstood. that divers changes in the form, proportions, size, andminor details 01' the structure may be made, without departing from thespirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the drawrugs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure is an end elevation of my device;Fig. shows the same in perspective; Fig. 3 is a side elevation intendedprimarily to show the relation between the jaws 10 and 11.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a plurality of convolutions 1having their ends twisted about each other as shown at 2 and extended inalinement with. each other in opposite directions substantially normalto the plane of the convolutions 1. Continuing, the arm 3 flexes into aninner circular convolution 4 which continues into another circularconvolution 5, these convolutions 4 and 5 being slightly divergent fromeach other and the point where the one convolution flexes into the otherbeing denoted I have further shown an inner semi-circular member 7 andan outer semi-circular member 8 having their upper ends united at 9. Thelower terminal of the inner semi-circular member 7 is rip-flexed to forma straight inner jaw 10, the upper terminal of the aw 1 being bent aboutthe convolution aas designated by the numeral 13. The lower terminal ofthe outer semi-circular member 8 is rip-flexed to form the straightouter jaw 11 merging at its upper terminal into the outer convolution asdesignated 1 by the numeral 12. In fashioning the incinbers 7 and. 8, Icause their lower ends to eX- tend downward below the convolutions 4 and5 and space them apart from the convolutions. It will thus be seen, thatwhen the clothes line together with the garments which it carries, isintroduced within the grip of my invention, it will engage first theconvolutions 4 and 5 which will yield to admit it. As the convolutions 4and 5 are separated they will traverse the space which separates themfrom the lower terminals of the members 7 and S and ultimately come incontact with the members 7 and S at their lower ends whereby the grip ofthe convolutions 4- and 5 will be augmented. By this construction thegrip of the device will at first be flexible and when the garments arewell within the grip oi." the members 4 and 5 the grip will be increasedas hereinbefore pointed out.

In disposing the bent end 13 of the member 10, I cause it to contactwith the member 7 and this construction prevents the members 7 and 8from moving in the direction of the longer dimension of the device. Thebent terminal 13, is also arranged to contact with the convolutions 4and 5 near their point of union 6 whereby the lateral movement of theseconvolutions in the direction of the member 7 may be prevented.

At 12 the point of union between the outer jaw 11 and the outerconvolution 5 I bring these members into contact with the convolutions 4and 5 at 6 the point of union between them, whereby the convolutions 4and 5 are prevented from moving laterally in the direction of the member8.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3, it will be seen that when the lowerterminals of the members 7 and 8 are up-flexed to form the straight jaws10 and 11 respectively, this fleXure takes place in different planeswhereby the members 10 and 11 are caused to' be non-alining in theirgrip upon a line and the garments thereby carried. By this constructionI prevent the member 10 from working directly against the member 11 orvice versa, the condition tending to wear and fray the garments inclosedbetween the jaws 10 and 11. Furthermore, by thus making the jaws 10 and11 non-alining the clothes line is given a slight kink between them,which tends to increase the holding effect of the jaws 10 and 11 uponthe garments.

It will be seen that the clamping instrumentalities hereinbeforedescribed and carried by the terminals of the arms 3, are not locatedupon the same side of those arms, one being disposed upon one side andthe other on the other side. By thus making the clamping devicesnon-alining, their holding effect upon the garments is reinforced by theresiliency of the arms 3.

In practice, the clothes line is passed through the convolutions 1 andthe device remains suspended upon the line when not in use. By twistingthe convolutions 1 about each other as shown at 2, it will be seen thatit is impossible for the pin of my invention to become loose from theline by which it is carried. It will be seen that the members 7 and 8,at 9 the point of union between them, contact with the lower side of theconvolutions 4 and 5, serving to brace and uphold the convolutions andto retain the members 7 and 8. The members 10 and 11, and 4 and 5 areseparated at their lower ends, by a greater distance than that whichseparates their upper ends, giving a V shaped construction which tendsto increase the grip of the device upon the suspended garments, thisgrip being still further augmented by the fact that the various grippinginstrumentalities are united and retained in each case at their upperends, leaving their lower ends free to receive the garments which it istheir function to hold.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is

1. A clothes pin comprising inner and outer continuous circularconvolutions; inner and outer semi-circular members disposedsubstantially normal to the convolutions,

and having their lower terminals spaced from the convolutions, the upperends of the semicircular members being united, their lower 'ends beingup-fieiced to form straight inner and outer jaws; the upper terminal ofthe inner jaw being bent about the inner convolution and the upper endsof the outer jaw beingintegral with the terminal of the outerconvolution.

2. A clothes pin comprising inner and outer continuous circularconvolutions; inner and outer semi-circular members disposedsubstantially normal to the convolutions, the upper ends of thesemi-circular members being united and in contact with the convolutions,their lower ends being rip-flexed to form straight inner and outer jaws;the upper terminal of the inner jaw being bent about the innerconvolution in contact with the inner semi-circular member andwith theconvolutions at their point of union, the upper terminal of the outerjaw being integral with the terminal of the outer convolution and incontact with the convolutions at their point of union. 3. A clothes pincomprising inner and outer continuous circular convolutions; inner andouter semi-circular members disposed substantially normal to theconvolutions, the upper ends of the semi-circular members being united,the lower ends being up-fieXed in different lanes to form straightnon-alining inner and outer jaws; the upper terminal of the inner jawbeing bent about the inner convolution and the upper end of the outerjaw being integral with the terminal of the outer convolution.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. I

EDGAR B. EVERETT.

Witnesses:

W. S. WEBSTER, R. GARNER.

